Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/wapsu

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This Proto-West Germanic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-West Germanic

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Etymology

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From Proto-Germanic *wapsō.

Noun

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*wapsu f[1]

  1. wasp
    Synonym: *waspijā

Inflection

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ō-stem
Singular
Nominative *wapsu
Genitive *wapsā
Singular Plural
Nominative *wapsu *wapsō
Accusative *wapsā *wapsā
Genitive *wapsā *wapsō
Dative *wapsē *wapsōm, *wapsum
Instrumental *wapsu *wapsōm, *wapsum

Derived terms

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Descendants

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References

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  1. ^ Friedrich Kluge (1989) “Wespe”, in Elmar Seebold, editor, Etymologisches Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache [Etymological Dictionary of the German Language] (in German), 22nd edition, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter, →ISBN, page 788:wg. *wab-sō